Ethics Approval

The ethics approval was obtained from the Institute Animal Ethics Committee of the ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital campus, New Delhi, India (Project No. NIP/IAEC-1502). The procedures for the care, use, and euthanasia of experimental animals were carried out under the guidelines of the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi) Government of India.
